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Worked in corporate security in the global security firm kelly services and in 2017 he began working for automotive component supplier, becoming director of global security. according to his brother, he was a world traveler with friends in russia and active on russian social media. after his arrest, russia claimed whelan was adequate, quote red-handed with a flash drive with statement secrets. whelan says he was set up. >> he gave paul a usb stick and said they were of a trip they took. the doors opened, he was arrested and that was it. >> reporter: he was convicted of espionage and sentenced ...

Flew to moscow to attend the wedding of a friend he had known in the marine corps. days after he arrived, six days we think he was arrested and charged with spying. restaurant authorities claimed he had accepted a flash drive loaded with classified information from an intel agent in russia. he was put on trial and he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for espionage. from the very beginning he claimed he was set up. he said he was in moscow on vacation. at the wedding. he wasn't spying on russia. we tend to believe him although we can't know for sure, how could we? but either way, whether he w...

Services. and in 2017, he began working for automotive component supplierburg warner, eventually becoming director of global security. according to his brother, whelan was a world traveller, with friends in russia. he was also active on russian social media. after his arrest, russia claimed whelan was caught, quote, red handed with a flash drive with state secrets. whelan maintains he was set up. >> one of the friends he made in russia visited him the night of the wedding, right before the wedding happened, and gave paul a usb, just a usb stick and said that they were photos from a previous tr...

Home. >> i appreciate your time. thank you. we touched on paul whelan, and the efforts to get him back. here's more. >> paul whelan's odyssey in russia's criminal justice system began on 20 2018. the former marine, he was arrested in moscow during a trip to the wedding of a fellow marine. >> they ended up taking a group of them through the kremlin, and that evening he disappeared. >> russia's federal security service accused him of being a spy. whelan i visited russia before, including in 2006 during a two-week leave. born in canada to british parents, he moved to the u.s. as a child. as u.s.,...

Reserves in 1984. he did multiple tours. he was accused by the military of attempting to steal more than $10,000. he was court martialed and discharged for bad conduct two years later. after the military whelan worked in corporate security, first as a senior manager in the global security firm kelly services and in 2017 he began working for an automotive components supplier. he became director of global security. according to his brother whelan was a world traveller with friends in russia. he was active on russian social media. after his arrest russia claimed whelan was caught, quote, red hand...